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Pretty much the same experience as other contributors. Sometimes it sets scanners off, sometimes not. Letter from doctor helps but disconnecting the pump for a short while and handing it around the security portal does no harm, it proves a point that it was the pump that was being detected. Good...

I have had a lot of problems with flexilink cannulas, sometimes they work ok, more often than not though I get occlusions which seem to be caused by kinks. Today I am on my fourth cannula -tried carefully a few subtle changes in how they are inserted but ultimately what a waste of money for the...

I have reported in to MHRA on their "yellow card" scheme and received an acknowledgement, not sure what happens now or how long they take - I imagine nothing happens very quickly. I have also emailed Roche asking when their steel cannulas are coming back onto the market, but no response, they...

I have mine insured as a named item (similar to golf equipment, bikes, etc) on my house contents policy. Not sure of the additional premium but think it is a fairly minimal extra cost.

I am fast coming to the conclusion thar flexi cannulas are useless and not really fit for purpose, having been forced into their use following a pump 'upgrade' (was it really?!) and withdrawal of the steel cannulas at the same time. I have been experimenting in the last couple of weeks by...

I have thought about reverting to the Combo which I still have but not sure if the steel cannulas suffer from the same manufacturing fault that the Insight ones have.

I had been on an Accu-Chek Combi pump since October 2011 with no real problems (type 1 since 1971), using steel cannulas. It came up for a 'refresh' a couple of months ago and I chose another Roche pump, the Aviva Insight. There were problems with the handset, it's batteries and error messages...